CVE-2015-8702

high
Published 2016-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
8.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
8.6

Description

The DNS::GetResult function in dns.cpp in InspIRCd before 2.0.19 allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (netsplit) via an invalid character in a PTR response, as demonstrated by a "\032" (whitespace) character in a hostname.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
91%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8702

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.inspircd.org/2015/04/16/v2019-released.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3527

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.0.20-1
debian debianbullseyefixed2.0.20-1
debian debiansidfixed2.0.20-1
debian debiantrixiefixed2.0.20-1
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
inspircdinspircd{"endIncluding":"2.0.18"}

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.